Shoe-blacking kit.



Patented Mar. 25,1902. W. F. HUCKEL.

SHOE BLACKING KIT.

(Application filed Apr. 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT Trice.

SHOE-BLACKING KIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,048, dated March 25, 1902. Application led April 16, 1901. Serial No. 56,034. (No model.)

l improvement in boot-blacking kits, and has will be held upon the back of the blacking for its object to provide a kit of this description in which the blackingebox and dauber brush.

With this end in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and nsethe same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure lis a perspective View of my invention, showing the parts assembled.' Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out myv invention as here embodied, A represents a polishing-brush which may be of any desired shape and preferably rounded upon each end. The usual construction of these brushes is that the bristles extend upward through the back B and are wired together above the same. A supplementary back C is then placed over thesame. In my invention I out awayvthis supplementary back C at one end thereof, and in this cut-away portion I secure a blacking-box D. I secure this box in any suitable manner either by nailing it to the back or'gluing or cementing it.

Eis a dauber which is formed of a circular pad of bristles F at oneend and having a handle G.

H is a spring-clip secured to the back of the brush, and between the prongs of this springclip the handle G of the dauber is adapted to be held, the dauber being turned upside down when placed in the clip H.

It is obvious that after the dauber has been used and it is desired to use the polishingbrush without using the dauber the hands of the user would be likely to come in contact therewith and soil the same. To prevent this, I provide a cover I, which is adapted to cover the blacking-box D with an extension J, which extends outward from said cover and over the bristles F of the dauber. This will prevent the hands of the user coming in contact with such bristles.

The advantages of my invention are that by this arrangement all .the tools necessary for usein blacking shoes or boots are always together and in compact form and would be of great advantage in traveling, for this kit would take up small space and being placed in a pasteboard box could be easily carried in a valise. A further advantage of my invention is that I do not add materially to the expense, as the Whole kit could be manufactured almost as cheaply as the separate articles.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modiications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I- Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- Ina device of the `character described, a polishing-brush, a box adapted to contain blacking arranged upon the back of said brush, spring-clips secured to the back of said blacking-brush, a dauber adapted to be held upon the back of the brush by said spring- Vclips, a cover for covering the blacking-box,

an extension projecting outward from said cover and adapted to cover the bristles of the dauber,substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.'

WILLIAM F. I-IUCKEL.

Witnesses:

BIYCKLEY WILGUs, ROBERT H. AsHMEAD. 

